Can Assumptions Be a Good Thing? A Video and Call for Submissions

Do people prejudge you inaccurately? Who do they think you are and why? Tell us your story!

Join us as we discover why you should never judge a book by its cover in Soul Pancake’s series, Tell My Story.

It’s certainly easier to make assumptions about people than it is to spend time getting to know someone. Soul Pancake wanted to put assumptions to the test to see what we’re missing out on because we’re so busy assuming we already “know” a person.

We are all conditioned with certain biases. In this experiment, we challenged these biases by asking people to make assumptions about their partner’s appearance without ever actually seeing their partner. When they flipped around to finally face each other, they were shocked by how wrong they were..

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Now tell YOUR story. What do people assume about you based on your appearance or your voice or the kind of car you drive?

Why do you believe they made such assumptions about you? Were you able to tell them if they were right or wrong? How did that go?

Have you made assumptions of others that were inaccurate?

When you’re ready to submit, click the red box, below.

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About Lisa M. Blacker

As an Executive Editor for GMP, I work in both content and business development with a dedicated, passionate team. Doing so has been an enriching experience in my personal and professional growth over the last 2 years. At a time in my life when doors were shut on me---several times figuratively and once literally---this door opened and pulled into use the skills I had acquired in the most-loved of my previous positions.

I find working with clients (contributors/authors) who are working to find their voice quite rewarding. I also appreciate working with well-established writers, helping them to reach a new audience.

My topics of significant interest are psychology, gender and sexuality, environmentalism, social justice, nutrition and wellness, and human relationships. Lucky for me that GMP covers them all, and more!

As Director of Media Partnerships at GMP, I coordinate content sharing with other media companies. Reach me at [email protected]

Outside of GMP, I am the founder and publisher at Connection Victory Publishing Company where we publish titles authored by GMP authors and others on topics related to social justice & ethics, gender & sexuality, and the spiritual aspects of mental health and wellness. Read my full bio on my company website.